George and Amal Reportedly Interested in Midtown East Condo

In New York City parlance, one might define George Clooney and wife Amal as the Upper East Side or maybe the West Village—chic, classic, moneyed—but according to a new report, it seems the two might be … Midtown East.

Sources told Page Six that the celebrities snapped up an apartment at 100 East 53rd St., a luxury condo building expected to be completed in 2017 from developer Aby Rosen and starchitect Norman Foster’s Foster + Partners, but—despite their status and otherworldly bank account—not the one you’d probably expect.

“The high-profile couple did not purchase the penthouse, but instead opted for a high-floor residence in the upcoming building,” the source said.

Active listings show if the Oscar winner and human rights attorney did purchase the 6,760-square-foot, four-bedroom penthouse, they’d be out $65,000,000, while the 49th-floor unit directly below—presumably the one in question—clocks in at $14.74 million and includes 3,385 square feet, three bedrooms, direct elevator access, 11-foot ceilings, LED lighting throughout, and “spectacular panoramic views” according to the listing. The apartments are not complete, and are being sold off of plans.

As for why the pair choose the building, the source told Page Six it’s due to its “design and amenities” (Joël Robuchon’s gourmet market and fine-dining restaurant, 60-foot sunlit swimming pool, sauna and steam room, to name a few) and also for its proximity to the United Nations for Amal, who also is lecturing at Columbia Law School this spring.

Whether Midtown Easters can really expect to see the couple roaming around the nabe, well, you’ll just have to keep a sharp eye out. “We cannot speak to this subject as we never reveal the identity of any of our buyers,” Compass PresidentLeonard Steinberg told us.

Apparently Clooney doesn’t own New York property—he typically shacks up at the Carlyle when he’s in town—but does own a Studio City, California, home, a 17th-century mansion in England, and, most famously, a mansion on Italy’s elite Lake Como.